We’ve just got word of the ‘First Features’ line-up at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which kicks off in the Estonian Capital next month.
The selection includes ten world premieres and eight international premieres in competition, with two international premieres screening out of competition, among the slate of 20 debuts. It’s a diverse, global programme that’s of a consistently high artistic standard, but also surprises and delights with fresh insight and perspective.
Stand-outs from the list include Klokkenluider (pictured above) from Neil Maskell, which just played the BFI London Film Festival, Welby Ings’ Punch starring Tim Roth, and out of competition, Phi 1.618 from Theodore Ushev.
Festival Director Tiina Lokk commented, “Every year, I look at the programme we have assembled and feel we’ve taken a huge step forward as a festival. It’s an unfortunate reality of working at this level that we always have too many good films to squeeze them all into our competitions. What that does mean is that the new voices we have selected for this year’s First Features section are truly special. We can’t wait to introduce these films to the world.”
Here are the films playing this year.
First Features – In Competition
Amar Colony – 2022, India, director: Siddharth Chauhan | world premiere
The Unbalanced – 2022, Czech Republic/Slovakia, director: Zuzana Piussi | world premiere
Pelican – 2022, Croatia, director: Filip Herakovi? | world premiere
The Accident – 2022, Brazil, director: Bruno Carboni | world premiere
The Land Within – 2022, Switzerland/Kosovo, director: Fisnik Maxville | world premiere
The Man Without Guilt – 2022, Italy/Slovenia/Croatia, director: Ivan Gergolet | world premiere
Parade – 2022, Lithuania, director: Titas Laucius | world premiere
Upon Entry – 2022, Spain, directors: Juan Sebastián Vázquez, Alejandro Rojo | world premiere
The Other Widow – 2022, Israel/France, director: Maayan Rypp | world premiere
Amusia – 2022, Italy, director: Marescotti Ruspoli | world premiere
Klokkenluider – 2022, United Kingdom, director: Neil Maskell | international premiere
The Hatcher – 2022, Poland, director: Grzegorz Molda | international premiere
Punch – 2022, New Zealand, director: Welby Ings | international premiere
Everybody Wants to Be Loved – 2022, Germany, director: Katharina Woll | international premiere
Double Life – 2022, Japan, director: Enen Yo | international premiere
Until Branches Bend – 2022, Canada/Switzerland, director: Sophie Jarvis | international premiere
The Other Child – 2022, South Korea, director: Kim Jing-young-IV | international premiere
Storm – 2022, Norway, director: Erika Calmeyer | international premiere
First Features – Out of Competition:
Phi 1.618 – 2022, Bulgaria/Canada, director: Theodore Ushev | international premiere
Barren – 2022, Israel, director: Mordechai Vardi | international premiere
